#C54838#C54838

#C54838 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 57.0% C 0.163 H 30.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C54838
RGB	rgb(197, 72, 56)
HSL	hsl(7, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(7, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 63.5%, 71.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.00, 48.96, 35.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.00, 60.73, 36.27°)
OKLab	oklab(57.04% 0.1409 0.0818)
OKLCH	oklch(57.04% 0.163 30.1)
XYZ	xyz(26.0599, 16.7942, 5.6100)
Luminance	0.1679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C54838 #38B5C5

analogous

#C5386E #C54838 #C58F38

triadic

#C54838 #38C548 #4838C5

tetradic

#C54838 #6EC538 #38B5C5 #8F38C5

square

#C54838 #6EC538 #38B5C5 #8F38C5

split-complementary

#C54838 #38C58F #386EC5

monochromatic

#66251D #95372A #C54838 #D47367 #E19F96

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.82

#C54838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.36

#C54838 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #C54838

4.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C54838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##C54838	1.00	4.82	4.36	4.82
#FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.36	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6A6136

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#897C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D82945

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c54838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 72, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.0% 0.163 30.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#de816f',
    500: '#c54838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c54838;
$custom-light: #de816f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c54838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 6.809,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57042,
    "c": 0.16287,
    "h": 30.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.16791
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C54838

secondary

#8CC5CD

accent

#CEDF49

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FDEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#170B07

muted

#857C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #C54838

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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